Friday Links: Dachsunds Rule the World

If only the world’s leaders were wiener dogs, then we’d have fewer problems. At least that’s the premise of Dachshund UN, an event held in Toronto last night. You can catch the proceedings of this model conference over on Livestream. [Livestream, thanks to Lorna Mills]

Tate Director Chris Dercon opens up to ARTnews about his past as a “really, really bad Belgian artist”. In more awkwardness, he describes how leading a museum is like being the captain of a large ocean liner. “If there are any achievements it’s navigation, and it’s really not like the Costa Concordia,” he said, referring to the 2012 Italian shipwreck disaster. [ARTnews]

Gawker reports on the tribulations of a MFA student at SVA who could not get a break with his semen art project. Staff forcibly removed his refrigerated jizz from the student gallery on the grounds of seeing the “creative potential of the artist as a health hazard.”[Gawker]

In conjunction with Armory Week, 36 Bushwick and Ridgewood galleries will be staying open late next Saturday, until 10 PM. [Bushwick Gallery Late Night]

Sotheby’s is increasing their buyers premium. This follows Christie’s decision to do the same earlier this year. A spokesman for Sotheby’s described the change as having “moved farther ahead to what we think of as rounder numbers.” Whatever that means. [ARTINFO]

The NEA budget will be cut by 5 percent thanks to the sequester, but those numbers are based on the current budget, which runs through March 27. After that, a lot may change. [ARTINFO]